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Trying to make a class with the following line of code that pythonista doesn’t like but works fine in idle
def__init__(self, rare=False):
Why doesn’t this work here?

You're missing a space between the def and __init__.

If that doesn't fix the error, can you post your entire code? (Or if your code is very long, only a few lines before and after the syntax error.) Sometimes when Python finds a syntax error, the location that it shows you isn't exactly where you made the error. This can happen when you forget to close a parenthesis for example, depending on your code, Python might not notice the missing parenthesis until a few lines later.

@dgelessus thanks! That helped there. I got a new error message saying that
heads is not defined
At line 10, but I thought it was ok. There also appears to be errors at line 52 and 169 Here is my code below

import random

class Coin:
def init(self,rare=False, clean=True, **kwargs):
for key,value in kwargs.items():
setattr(self,key,value)

    self.is_rare = rare
    self.is_clean = clean
    self.heads = heads

    if self.is_rare:
        self.value = self.original_value * 1.25
    else:
        self.value = self.original_value

    if self.is_clean:
        self.color = self.clean_color
    else:
        self.color = self.rusty_color

def rust(self):
    self.color = self.rusty_color

def clean(self):
    self.color = self.clean_color

def __del__(self):
    print("Coin Spent!")

def flip(self):
    heads_options = [True,False]
    choice = random.choice(heads_options)
    self.heads = choice

def __str__(self):
    if self.original_value >= 1.00:
        return "£{}Coin".format(int(self.original_value))
    else:
        return "{}p Coin".format(int(self.original_value * 100))

class One_Pence(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 0.01,
"clean_color": "bronze",
"rusty_color": "brownish",
"num_edges": 1,
"diameter": 20.3,
"thickness": 1.52,
"mass": 3.56
}
super().init(**data)

class Two_Pence(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 0.02,
"clean_color": "bronze",
"rusty_color": "brownish",
"num_edges": 1,
"diameter": 25.9,
"thickness": 1.85,
"mass": 7.12,
}
super().init(**data)

class Five_Pence(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 0.05,
"clean_color": "silver",
"rusty_color": None,
"num_edges": 1,
"diameter": 18.0,
"thickness": 1.77,
"mass": 3.25,
}
super().init(**data)

    def rust(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

    def clean(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

class Ten_Pence(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 0.10,
"clean_color": "silver",
"rusty_color": None,
"num_edges": 1,
"diameter": 24.5,
"thickness": 1.85,
"mass": 6.50,
}
super().init(**data)

    def rust(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

    def clean(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

class Twenty_Pence(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 0.20,
"clean_color": "silver",
"rusty_color": None,
"num_edges": 1,
"diameter": 21.4,
"thickness": 1.7,
"mass": 5.0,
}
super().init(**data)

    def rust(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

    def clean(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

class Fifty_Pence(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 0.50,
"clean_color": "silver",
"rusty_color": None,
"num_edges": 7,
"diameter": 27.3,
"thickness": 1.78,
"mass": 8.0,
}
super().init(**data)

    def rust(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

    def clean(self):
        self.color = self.clean_color

class One_Pound(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 1.00,
"clean_color": "gold",
"rusty_color": "greenish",
"num_edges": 1,
"diameter": 22.5,
"thickness": 3.15,
"mass": 9.5
}
super().init(**data)

class Two_Pound(Coin):
def init(self):
data = {
"original_value": 2.00,
"clean_color": "gold & silver",
"rusty_color": "greenish",
"num_edges": 1,
"diameter": 28.4,
"thickness": 2.50,
"mass": 12.00,
}
super().init(**data)

coins = [One_Pence(), Two_Pence(), Five_Pence(), Ten_Pence(), Twenty_Pence(), One_Pound(), Two_Pound()]

for coin in coins:
arguments = [coin, coin.color, coin.value, coin.diameter, coin.thickness, coin.num_edges, coin.mass]
string = "{}: - Color: {}, value:{}, diameter(mm):{}, thickness(mm):{}, number of edges:{}, mass(g):{}".format(*arguments)
print(string)

In line 10, you wrote self.heads = heads, but you haven't set the variable heads anywhere. (heads and self.heads don't mean the same thing - and if they did, that assignment wouldn't do anything.) I can't help much with that - I don't see any other place in your code where a heads variable is used.

As for the other two errors - where did you get them from? Python doesn't usually give multiple errors at once. If you changed something in your code and that caused a different error, then it's helpful if you tell us what you changed. Also, always include the error message - just "line 52" doesn't tell us anything about what went wrong.

When you're posting code, it also helps if you put it in a code block, so the forum displays it as code and doesn't read it as formatted text. The easiest way to do that is with the "" button in the toolbar when you reply. You can also do it by hand, by putting a line with ``` (three backticks) before and after your code.

@dgelessus thanks again, I just deleted the heads line and it ran fine. I’ll be sure to include your reference tips in future posts too.
Craig

dgelessus - Good catch. I missed the missing space at first when I read the first post.

That is def__init__-ly the problem.

Sorry, I couldn't resist the bad pun.

In my defense, I would have tried to help too, but I just got here.